wannabeagunsmith
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More or less anti, at first. My dad always thought gun ownership with kids around was suicide because at age 3 he found his dad's .44 mag and....well let's just say no injuries, thankfully. My mom.... wow she was a mess at first lol one of her friends was gunned down in a college shooting and she never let us have toy guns or anything. So that, added to public school fear mongering made me scared to even think about guns at all. I joined Cub Scouts and once at a camp they had BB gun shooting and I was hooked! I never even touched the bow-and arrows and at the end of the camp, I was awarded the best marksman of camp and after that, my views on guns changed signifigntly.
A few years later (well....when I was 14) my mom decided that keeping my ever-growning interest firearms at bay was impossible and let my sister and I go to a marksmanship course at the local shooting range and after shooting a .22, I was now offically hooked. So I began to pester my dad in vain to buy guns after reading NRA accounts of the importance of firearm ownership and it never worked until my dad's best friend, who has 10 kids, bought a gun and another and another till he had several with plenty of ammo. One night that friend came over and "helped me out" and dispelled all my dad's and most of my mom's fears and convinced my dad to give a range trip a try (I agreed of course ). Shortly thereafter my dad bought a .22 rifle and a 9mm handgun and we are now past the days of gun hatred here in our house. Except....my dad won't buy me any guns! (and I was the main influence/reassurer in all his purchases.)
A few years later (well....when I was 14) my mom decided that keeping my ever-growning interest firearms at bay was impossible and let my sister and I go to a marksmanship course at the local shooting range and after shooting a .22, I was now offically hooked. So I began to pester my dad in vain to buy guns after reading NRA accounts of the importance of firearm ownership and it never worked until my dad's best friend, who has 10 kids, bought a gun and another and another till he had several with plenty of ammo. One night that friend came over and "helped me out" and dispelled all my dad's and most of my mom's fears and convinced my dad to give a range trip a try (I agreed of course ). Shortly thereafter my dad bought a .22 rifle and a 9mm handgun and we are now past the days of gun hatred here in our house. Except....my dad won't buy me any guns! (and I was the main influence/reassurer in all his purchases.)